Hurricane Irma is so powerful, it sucked the ocean away from beaches in the Bahamas on Friday. Twitter user @Piznack, one of multiple people to share videos of the strange scene, tweeted: "Y'all my fa...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ― Irma ripped through the Bahamas and moved over Cuba's north coast Friday as Florida residents across the state braced themselves for this weekend's expected landfall. The Natio...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ― Irma ripped through the Bahamas on Friday, weakening to a Category 4 hurricane, as Florida residents braced themselves for this weekend's expected landfall. The National Hurric...

It has been a while since we've heard President Donald Trump talk about the size of his hands, but POTUS found a golden opportunity to bring up his hand size while visiting victims of Hurricane Harvey...

What if we talked about male historical figures in the same way we talk about female historical figures? Twitter user @manwhohasitall has thousands of people examining that alternative reality with on...

President Donald Trump officially submitted a request to Congress for an initial $7.85 billion in emergency funding for Harvey relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana late Friday night. The request, sen...

Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill ordered a criminal investigation Friday into the actions of a detective who was seen in a newly published video aggressively arresting a nurse for refusing...

A Chinese restaurant in Santa Cruz, California, was forced to close after its owner, a white man, was identified as a supporter of ex-KKK leader David Duke. Lynda Carson, an investigative reporter for...

The megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor may have been the main event on Saturday night, but a furry blue friend briefly stole the show before those two made it into the ring. Bef...

A man attending the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month fired his gun in the direction of a black counterprotester who was holding a torch, and police in their vic...

Floyd Mayweather gave UFC champion Conor McGregor a lesson in the ring on Saturday during the most hyped boxing match of the year. The Michigan native defeated McGregor in the 10th round with a techni...

The morning after Hurricane Harvey tore into Texas, Gulf Coast residents were already trying to prepare for life after the destructive storm ― including Otis, the dog. Tiele Dockens was checking out t...

A county official in Massachusetts has proposed a controversial solution to a recent uptick in shark sightings off Cape Cod: Kill the sharks. Barnstable County Commissioner Ron Beaty made the suggesti...

People the world over made appeals for their loved ones after terrorists plowed into pedestrians in the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Cambrils on Thursday. Authorities confirmed that 14 people died...

A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require President Donald Trump to undergo a physical and mental health exam to determine if he is stable enough to stay in office. Rep. Zoe...

"Heal" is clearly a very difficult word to spell if you're president of the United States in 2017, but Merriam-Webster is here to help. Following a so-called "free speech" rally in Boston on Saturday,...

The spire at the top of One World Trade Center in New York City glowed red and yellow on Thursday night in a show of solidarity with Spain, a country reeling from deadly terrorist attacks that killed...

People the world over made appeals for their loved ones after terrorists plowed into pedestrians in the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Cambrils on Thursday. Authorities confirmed that 14 people died...